Boynton envisioned science schooling that would elevate the social position of the mechanic and manufacturer, but not necessarily teach the skills needed to become either.

Evelina bonds with him during her second residence in London because comparisons to her Branghton cousins elevate her opinion of him.

Nehru had hoped to elevate Maulana Azad as the pre-eminent leaders of Indian Muslims, but in this, he was undermined by Gandhi, who continued to treat Jinnah as the voice of Indian Muslims.

This was considered by many to be intimidatory and physically threatening, to the point of being unfair in a game once supposed to have gentlemanly traditions, but commercialisation of the game has subsequently tended to elevate the principle of ' win at all costs ' above traditional ideals of sportsmanship.

Even though Byzantine emperors maintained a claim over the territory, and no barbarian king in the west dared to elevate himself to the position of Emperor of the West, Byzantine control of most of the West could not be sustained ; the reconquest of the Italian peninsula and Mediterranean periphery by Justinian was the sole, and temporary, exception.

Though it was undoubtedly a sign of Otto's respect for the Polish ruler, it could not truly mean Bolesław I was King as only the Pope had the authority to invest a prince with the crown and elevate his realm to a status of a kingdom.

Shakers thus simultaneously valued women ’ s status in society and realized the importance and difficulty of women's work, not following traditional prejudices that would consider women a " weaker sex " simply to elevate the male, as it was unnecessary in their egalitarian social structure to do so.

Over the course of the next 10 years, these educators worked tirelessly to elevate the discipline, which was to become home economics, to a legitimate profession.

" Jim Cullen observed in Popular Culture in American History ( 2001 ) that although it was Michael Jackson's Thriller that originally synchronized music video with album sales, Janet Jackson was also among the first generation of artists that saw the visualization of their music elevate them to the status of a pop culture icon.

The political effect was to elevate Ivan's position.

However, well into the twentieth century it was often assumed that the presence of a cathedral was sufficient to elevate a town to city status, and that for cathedral cities the city charters were recognising its city status rather than granting it.

Their willingness to elevate their patron and ally to the throne was hardly surprising.

This was done partly to obtain from the Pope the authorization of the new Order and partly in pursuance of her self-imposed mission to elevate the moral tone of the age.

Symbolism was largely a reaction against naturalism and realism, anti-idealistic styles which were attempts to represent reality in its gritty particularity, and to elevate the humble and the ordinary over the ideal.

The NDA then proposed to elevate the Vice President Krishan Kant as a consensus ; this drew support from the Opposition and an agreement to this effect was conveyed by Vajpayee's representative to the Congress.

This was the first serious effort made in the United States to elevate secondary education to the plane on which it belonged.

Addressing Attila's fearsome reputation, and the importance of this battle, Gibbon noted that it was from his enemies we hear of his terrible deeds, not from friendly chroniclers, emphasizing that the former had no reason to elevate Attila's reign of terror, and the importance of the Battle of Chalons in proving Attila to be defeatable.

Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis helped elevate boxing from a nadir in popularity in the post-Jack Dempsey era by establishing a reputation as an honest, hardworking fighter at a time when the sport was dominated by gambling interests.

A part of the pact (" Accord of Bayonne ") was to elevate the young couple to a title, Prince and Princess of Asturias, which was modelled after that of Prince of Wales in English kingdom.

Philippa was much in favor in court as a lady-in-waiting and her husband continued to elevate his reputation.

Pipes argued that far from there being a Kornilov plot there was in fact a "' Kerensky plot ' engineered to discredit the general as the ringleader of an imaginary but widely anticipated counter revolution, the suppression of which would elevate the Prime Minister to a position of unrivalled popularity and power, enabling him to meet the growing threat from the Bolsheviks.

The purpose of the assembly was to converse on the subject of forming a national association that would promote interest in golf, as well as to help elevate the vocation of golf professionals.

The American Institute of Architects was founded in New York City in 1857 by a group of 13 architects to " promote the scientific and practical perfection of its members " and " elevate the standing of the profession.

This lock by was picked by Pope Gregory IX, who seeking to elevate the prestige of the papal-sponsored University of Toulouse which he had founded in 1229, issued a bull in 1233 automatically authorizing Masters of Toulouse to teach in any Studium without an examination.

Near Adelaide, in South Australia, three bottlenose dolphins ' tail-walk ', whereby they elevate the upper part of their bodies vertically out of the water, and propel themselves along the surface with powerful tail movements.

Deukmejian proceeded to elevate his friend and law partner, Malcolm M. Lucas, from Associate Justice to Chief Justice, and appointed three new associate justices.

The engineers had to elevate of motorway to accommodate two railway lines, three canals, and two rivers.

Newly reelected Governor George Deukmejian was then able to elevate Associate Justice Malcolm M. Lucas to Chief Justice and appoint three new conservative associate justices ( one to replace Lucas in his old post and two to replace Reynoso and Grodin ).

She used her influence to elevate and enrich her family, her uncle, Antoine Sanguin ( d. 1559 ), being made bishop of Orléans in 1533 and a cardinal in 1539 ; her three brothers were made bishops and two sisters were abbesses, the other sisters making great marriages.

Throughout the decade of the 1990 ’ s, Ant Banks continued to elevate his production prowess by producing numerous songs for countless artists such as the gold-selling single " Pimp Of The Year " for Dru Down ", producing and mixing for Too Short on two gold-selling albums ( Can ’ t Stay Away, You Nasty ) and four platinum-selling albums ( Shorty the Pimp, Get In Where You Fit In, Cocktails, Gettin ’ It ), three gold-selling records for Spice 1 ( Spice 1, 187 He Wrote, Amerikkka ’ s Nightmare ), and two gold-selling albums for fellow bay area ambassador E-40 ( Hall of Game, Element of Surprise ).

The battle being won, the old man, afterwards known by the name of Hay, was brought to the king, who, assembling a parliament at Scone, gave to the said Hay and his sons, as a just reward for their valour, so much land on the river Tay, in the district of Gowrie, as a falcon from a man's hand flew over till it settled ; which being six miles in length, was afterwards called Errol ; and the king being desirous to elevate Hay and his sons from their humble rank in life, to the order of nobility, his majesty assigned them a coat of arms, which was argent, three escutcheons, gules, to intimate that the father and two sons had been the three fortunate shields of Scotland.

From the 16th century on, there were attempts to elevate Robin Hood to the nobility and in two extremely influential plays Anthony Munday presented him at the very end of the 16th century as the Earl of Huntingdon, as he is still commonly presented in modern times.

During 18th to 19th century Romanticism, there were various misguided attempts to explain the obscure term, or to elevate it to the status of a remnant of pagan antiquity, scoffed at by Grimm's entry in his Deutsches Wörterbuch.

Unlike the gadgety mechanical desks of the second part of the 18th century, however, the mechanical parts of drawing tables were usually limited to notches, ratchets, and perhaps a few simple gears, or levers or cogs to elevate and incline the working surface.

One line of thought by modern scholars has been that the Mysteries were intended " to elevate man above the human sphere into the divine and to assure his redemption by making him a god and so conferring immortality upon him.

Van Vliet met Frank Zappa when they were both teenagers and shared an interest in rhythm and blues and Chicago blues .< ref name = Taylor > Steve Taylor They collaborated from this early stage, with Zappa's scripts for ' teenage operettas ' such as " Captain Beefheart & The Grunt People " helping to elevate the Van Vliet persona of Captain Beefheart.

This group, along with Alice Munro, who has been called the best living writer of short stories in English, were the first to elevate Canadian Literature to the world stage.

Each Balangay were given a chance to expand their own spheres of influence, through triangle system in order to elevate their status to Sangguniang Bayan.

The rustic Indian techniques of productions were replaced by European ones, in order to elevate the capacity of exportation.

Despite differences in coloration and larvae, Tiger Salamanders were found throughout their unbroken range, which made it difficult to delineate subspecies, let-alone elevate any populations to species status.

However, Frederick took the line that since Prussia had never belonged to the Empire and the Hohenzollerns were fully sovereign over it, he could elevate Prussia to a kingdom.

The two aides were enlisted by the PMO to elevate Harper's and Canada's profiles with American news outlets.

Four printers were part of Brook Farm at the time and members of the community believed it would elevate their status as leaders of the movement as well as provide additional income.

He wrote that they were intended to " elevate above the ordinary world " an image of an honoured person usually depicted in the form of a statue with a quadriga.

In the early 19th century, plans were developed to reinvigorate the town and once again elevate it to its former position as a more important town than Bath.

One study looking at brook trout found that barbless hooks did not result in statistically significantly lower mortality rates than barbed hooks when fish were hooked in the mouth, but did elevate mortalities if fish were hooked deeper.

Strang defended his new tenet by claiming that, far from enslaving or demeaning women, polygamy would liberate and " elevate " them by allowing them to choose the best possible mate based upon any factors deemed important to them — even if that mate were already married to someone else.

The two channels were combined to create Taiwan's first of its kind entertainment and information vehicle that aims to elevate Taiwan's television programming standards to critically acclaimed levels.

In the early stages of the defense, Pavlov discovered that a PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle he had mounted on the roof was particularly effective when used to ambush unsuspecting German tanks ; once the tanks had approached to within 25 meters of the building, their thin turret-roof armor became exposed to AT rifle fire from above, but they were unable to elevate their weapons enough to retaliate.

The Assembly's objectives were to defend workers ' rights and to elevate their moral and religious status.